The private sector will not build this infrastructure on time and to scale without public participation.
Compared with that, the Olympics appear to be in a healthy position with no major protests and most infrastructure on time and on budget – though there are lingering concerns about the velodrome and a subway line extension.
Coates is reported as saying Rio's efforts to be ready to host the Games are "more of a crisis than Athens" - a reference to the 2004 Olympics, when Greek organisers struggled to deliver venues and infrastructure on time.
The most destructive scenarios involve cyber actors launching several attacks on our critical infrastructure at one time, in combination with a physical attack on our country.
"This country has repeatedly proved itself incapable of delivering big infrastructure projects on time and in budget," he said.
By Alex Cuadros August 5, 2016 In the weeks leading up to the 2016 Olympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, workers have struggled to complete Olympics-related infrastructure projects on time.
Congestion-control applications can also be implemented on the same infrastructure based on time, geographical zoning, vehicle type (with incentives for fuel-efficient cars and penalties for gas guzzlers), etc. "Not only is a smart-card-based infrastructure great for efficiency enhancement, it can be a major revenue generator," Trempont says.
Once, when Malone was holding a press conference outside the statehouse press gallery, Fehrnstrom showed up with a boombox and a tape of Cellucci declaring a major infrastructure project on time and on budget -- it was not.
A month before, as delays soared, infrastructure crumbled, and on-time performance statistics sank to the bottom of most major cities, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a "state of emergency" for New York's mass transit.
Network Rail's chief executive, Sir David Higgins, said the industry had entered an "era of trade-offs", adding: "Increasingly, we have to balance the need to build more infrastructure, run trains on time and cut costs.
Delhi has a spanking metro, for instance, with first-class infrastructure, which actually runs on time.
